yanmar diesel life expectancy? how many hrs u have?

[oosik]

My neighbor has an OLD International Harvester. His father bought it new in 1962 & he estimates it has over 52,000 hours on it. The engine was rebuilt once and the tractor is still used every spring & fall. I think max rpm on it would be around 1800. Compared to todays tractors - that old International is one massive hunk of iron.

I think this old tractor speaks volumes about proper maintenance & upkeep.

 

[GreenYellow]

My neighbor has an OLD International Harvester. His father bought it new in 1962 & he estimates it has over 52,000 hours on it. The engine was rebuilt once and the tractor is still used every spring & fall. I think max rpm on it would be around 1800. Compared to todays tractors - that old International is one massive hunk of iron.

I think this old tractor speaks volumes about proper maintenance & upkeep.

I agree that a lot of older tractors are built way tougher then a many newer ones. But I gotta say, 52,000 is quite a stretch... That's 20 hours a week, EVERY single week for 52 straight years... Little hard to believe.
But I'm with ya on the overall quality of older, low rpm tractors.

 

[canucklehead]

longevity and diesel??? Yes in my smaller Yanmars. But I owned a 2005 ford 6.0L and after 3 head gasket jobs by the 100K miles mark and tons of cash wasted, I'm bitter. The diesel pick ups have always cost me tons more to keep running vs. gas engines. But when hauling & towing, I need the diesel power.

 

[greenmoose]

longevity and diesel??? Yes in my smaller Yanmars. But I owned a 2005 ford 6.0L and after 3 head gasket jobs by the 100K miles mark and tons of cash wasted, I'm bitter. The diesel pick ups have always cost me tons more to keep running vs. gas engines. But when hauling & towing, I need the diesel power.

you may not want to hear this or maybe you already have, ford and gm are in their infancy when it comes to designing and building diesels. cummins has engines in heavy equipment, boats, yachts, pickups, dump trucks, and especially road tractors. millions of them. they have their feces together when it comes to building diesels. ford has built some good diesels like the 7.3 power stroke but even those were overly complex with way too many moving parts. gm has recently started trying to interject their thoughts and opinions in the design of duramax diesels in their venture with Isuzu so watch for the duramax engine quality to go into a death spiral. if gm had knowledge of diesels they wouldn't have the 5.2L and 6.5L diesels to be ashamed of. they probably still make jokes about them at gm company parties. I suffered through 2 years with a '96 chevy 2500 6.5L diesel. cost me a lot of money to get out from under that truck. never again chevy. screw me once, shame on you................... that's just my experience. i'm sure people who own ford and gm diesels are happy with them.

 

[canucklehead]

The best part about the Dodge is the fact they don't make the engine. The auto tranny is still a big weak spot.

We pulled the Dodge "super engine" out of my friends 1996 model and it had a cracked block that we got stitched.

My son had a 98 Cummins which was also supposed to be the good 12 valve model with the P pump. It had a blown head gasket. Within 300 miles of the head gasket job it had a spun rod bearing.

My cousin has a 2006 model and has gone through three sets of injectors without a lot of miles. He also did a tranny job. I can't believe he still loves the truck because spending that much money would turn me off.

I thought the Duramax was generally okay, other than injector issues on some of the earlier model years. My father-in-law was set to buy a Ford 6 L and he called me from the dealership. The same day I found him a early model 2007 Duramax. He ended up buying the Chev as he's a Chev guy anyways. It's still an awesome truck and has never given him a problem. It's never been chipped, never been worked that hard. Once or twice a year he pulls a light travel trailer and that's it...it better be problem free!!

I am cursed with Ford's because my dad's a retired parts manager. I get cheap parts and free advice from the mechanics. Still, I wouldn't mind having a Cummins. My sons 2011 Cummins with all the pollution crap deleted and a chip and six speed seems like an awesome truck. Heeey....wait a sec...my buddy is selling his Ford Cummins that he's sunk well over $100K into...hmmm.

Ford was getting their engines made by International/Navistar. GM was/is Japanese so I thought that might help them. On their own, I agree: they suck. Altho the current Ford 6.7 has been okay, hasn't it? Haven't heard much trashing about it.

 

[greenmoose]

I couldn't care less if they all want to make crap and ruin their reputation but the way they test products on the public after the sale is pretty sorry. i guess it saves them a lot of money they would otherwise have to spend on research and development. gm did it with the 5.2 and 6.5 diesels and ford did it with the 6.0 power stroke. if they'd put these engines on the torture rack and stressed them till they broke, they would've known how good or bad they were. they all are so big as a company they are almost like the government. arrogant and defiant. they look at it like; "go buy something else, we'll still have plenty of customers who don't ever complain no matter how much of a p.o.s. we sell them".